Friday, January 14, 2022

An Epilogue


I love the poetry of Wendell Berry and this one is a sweet epilogue to my last post:

 The Blue Robe

By Wendell Berry


"How joyful to be together, alone
as when we first were joined
in our little house by the river
long ago, except that now we know


each other, as we did not then;
and now instead of two stories fumbling
to meet, we belong to one story
that the two, joining, made. And now


we touch each other with the tenderness
of mortals, who know themselves:
how joyful to feel the heart quake


at the sight of a grandmother,
old friend in the morning light,
beautiful in her blue robe!"

Blessings,
Linda